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Maternal periodontal disease and preterm birth: A case-control study

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Preterm birth (PTB) is an important issue in public health and is a major cause for infant mortality and morbidity. There is a growing consensus that systemic diseases elsewhere in the body may influence PTB. Recent studies have hypothesized that maternal periodontitis coul...

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Autores principales: Govindaraju, Pushpalatha, Venugopal, Sanjay, Shivakumar, Madhura Antharasanahalli, Sethuraman, Shruthi, Ramaiah, Santhosh Kumar, Mukundan, Sowmya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4645536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26644716
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.164751